Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 591 Pulling away

[Well, I confirmed the impact in detail.] Apollonia returned the inspection report 30 minutes later, [Phaethon, you have lost 3% of your soul. The situation is serious. 】

"really."

"Is 3% a serious loss?" Shangluo asked. Because literally, the number is not very big.

[3% is already very serious. To put it exaggeratedly, I randomly take away 3% of your body, and then give you one hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you want to do it? 】

"Then I definitely won't do it. By the way, is it this level of loss? I thought it was just a 3% blood draw."

[Actually, it is between randomly sampling 3% of the physical tissue and drawing blood - the soul is lost from the outside inward, just like an onion, and will be lost layer by layer. From the outside to the inside there are the superego, the ego and the id. The superego is an acquired reflection layer that relies on external stimulation. Its symbol is ‘name’. If I call you, you will answer. She felt unfamiliar with her name because her outermost super self began to drain away. 】

"Then what if we continue to stay?"

[After the superego is lost, the next step is the ego. The entire person's mental state will gradually return to before the age of 3, and he will begin to lose awareness of the real environment. The performance is not amnesia, but it is close to amnesia. You will forget what you know about cars, food, and shoes. Forgetting that cars can get in, forgetting that food can be eaten, forgetting that shoes need to be on your feet. When the self is completely lost, then the person's basic physiological functions begin to be lost, and then he is finished and has become a vegetative state. 】

"Wait a minute, so her loss of 3% means that the loss of her outermost part has already accounted for 3% of the total?"

[Yes, that’s it. And the ratio of the three is not completely even. This 3%, the outermost part may exceed 10%. 】

"Good guy, can you still make up for this?"

[It’s no problem to make up for it. So I said before that the impact is between drawing blood and directly drawing tissue cells. Just like drawing blood, the damage to the soul can heal itself and will be filled layer by layer from the inside out. The ‘hematopoietic machinery’ of the super-ego is provided by the ego at the next level. She's mostly intact, so the 3% loss won't take long to recover from - maybe two or three days. If you want her to recover faster, stimulate her more and call her name more. 】

"Phaethon? Do you dare to agree if I call you?"

"It's me - thank you, please remind me more in the next two days. If you see me in a daze, remember to remind me immediately. I need to consolidate the connection with my name. In addition, I also have to recall the time at that time. Feel."

"How about waiting for two days?" Shangluo suggested, "Since it makes you very uncomfortable, I suggest you wait until later."

"I'll forget about it later. After you wake up from the dream, won't you also forget the plot of the dream? You can only remember it after you wake up for a while. While I still remember it, let me tell you this A feeling.”

"Okay." Shangluo sighed, "Thank you very much. After all, since we know this is harmful, we can't just send people in to experience it on the spot in the future. So, let me ask - will I lose my self-awareness?"

Shangluo considered using the 18th level of hell as a prison in the future. At this time, we need to consider the impact of this prison on people.

"First of all, we need to define what self-awareness is." Phaethon replied. "If we talk about the recognition of names, it will indeed be dissipated. But if we are talking about whether self-awareness can continue to exist, then the lowest level must be dissipated. Only one layer is enough.”

"That is to say, I am still me, but I feel that some things that should exist are constantly being lost?" "Yes." Phaethon nodded, "I can feel it being lost, and it is very painful. Have you ever had that? I was ready to sneeze, but the sneeze didn't come out. And what I originally remembered, I forgot as soon as I turned around - that kind of empty feeling. You will forget your name, but you will know it clearly Knowing that you have forgotten it, you will be extremely painful and want to remember what your name is, but you can't remember it."

"Did you ever experience this feeling for a moment?"

"Well, so I didn't hesitate. I came out immediately. Although I was conducting the test responsibly, according to our agreement, I would not test at the expense of my body. When I knew there was a problem, I immediately It will come out.”

"Yes, yes, you are right." Shangluo also breathed a sigh of relief, "You have a good attitude, this will last long."

"It's convenient to continue being a guinea pig, right?"

"This is called a 'vanguard', how can it be called a guinea pig. The guinea pig can only be manipulated by the research institute. As a vanguard exploring unknown areas, you can decide by yourself when you want to stop the action. The guinea pig barks twice to test. Will it stop? Impossible. But if you find that it is dangerous to continue walking, then you should stop the action immediately, or call for reinforcements, or directly call me to come with you."

"Ah, I understand. I'll just ask you to come with me next time? Maybe it's possible. The two of us call each other's names, maybe we can walk in together."

"Pull it down. It's going to be a prison. Why should I go exploring inside the prison when I have nothing to do? However, will I feel lost if I stay here? But will my self-awareness not be lost? I'm thinking if I throw people into What will happen next?"

"If you can make him lose his knowledge of his name while still maintaining himself, that would be the worst torture in the world. He will be immersed in huge mental pressure all day long, and I'm afraid it won't be long before he Crazy. Because this is..." Phaethon paused and said two words:

"Lingchi."

"Lingchi, right?" Shangluo repeated this heavy word.

Ling Chi. The canon says, "A mountain of hundreds of feet can be climbed with a carriage, but why? The mausoleum is late." The original meaning is "the hills and mountains gradually slow down", and its meaning is extended to punishment, which is the punishment of Lingchi. To a certain extent, it can also be understood as the torture of "gradually flattening and destroying the mountains with one knife after another."

"This seems to be quite painful in the death penalty. But there is no blood and after death due to mental breakdown, because the sentence has not yet ended, according to the law, he should be treated and then continue to serve his sentence."

"Good guy." Phaethon sighed, "Why do I think this is also a kind of mental torture for the supervisors? This is too tragic."

"Being an executioner must have a psychological defense as strong as a city wall, otherwise the human body would have collapsed long ago when he saw the bloody body."

"How much crime must one commit to be sent to a place like this?"

(End of this chapter)